JPH0434941B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In a newspaper printing system, a rotary printing press management department, a printing plate conveyance management department, a shipping sorting management department, etc. are connected to a production process management department and a ring-shaped data highway network. It is disclosed that a structure is adopted in which the number of copies increase/decrease management section is connected to the above-mentioned production process management section, so that the production process management section comprehensively manages the entire production process management section.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention provides a production process management system in a newspaper printing system, in particular, a production process management department, a rotary printing press management department, etc. connected through a ring-shaped data highway network.
This invention relates to a production process control method in a newspaper printing system in which the entire production process control department manages the entire production process.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, automation in newspaper printing systems has started with individual devices such as auto pasters, counters, stackers, etc., and then organically connects these "dots" with "lines" to create automatic waste paper ejectors and automated shipping lines. etc. have been completed.

Furthermore, the ``Newspaper Printing and Shipping Automation System'' completed at Nihon Keizai Shimbun's Osaki Factory (Chiyoda Sogyo) in 1971 is a system that uses computers to consistently control the process from printing to shipping.
System), and it has gradually evolved from "lines" to "surfaces". Furthermore, the creation of a total system as a "three-dimensional" system is being considered.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In order to create a total system as described above, it is necessary to develop groups that require high-speed real-time processing such as the rotary printing press management department, printing plate conveyance management department, shipping sorting management department, truck yard bundle integration management department, and paper storage management department. Department,
A group capable of relatively low-speed processing such as the shipping material supply management department, a group capable of offline processing such as the material and maintenance management department, a command information processing group such as the sales volume change management department, and a group requiring high-speed real-time processing as mentioned above. A data processing system in which a production process control department, which manages relatively low-speed processing groups, executes each given process using either a processor or an intelligent input/output control device. becomes necessary.

In this case, the problem is how to link a plurality of management departments, such as a rotary printing press management department, to the production process management department. In particular, when parallel transmission is performed between processors, the number of signal lines becomes large, and when so-called "octopus-like" wiring is performed, the number of signal lines becomes enormous. For this reason, if bit serial transmission is performed, real-time processing may be hindered. Furthermore, the transmission and reception of information between the offline processing capable group and the command information processing group and the production process control department share a transmission route for information transmission between the real time processing unit and the production process control department. This may cause unexpected obstacles to the latter's information transmission.

In addition, in automating the conventional system, the above-mentioned copy increase/decrease management department will perform offline processing.
A method was adopted in which the number of newspaper copies and addresses (called address tags) were prepared, and the shipping and sorting management department, rotary printing press management department, etc. executed processing operations based on the information from the address tags. However, in developing the above-mentioned total system, rather than preparing the above-mentioned address tags through offline processing, it is necessary to create a system that can be used to freely deal with fluctuations in sales volume on a daily and moment-to-moment basis. It is desirable that

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a production control system for newspaper printing that solves the above-mentioned problems, and FIG. 1 shows a diagram of the basic configuration of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a production process management department, which performs overall management of the entire management department shown, including preset processing. Reference numeral 2 denotes a rotary printing press management section, which controls the folding section, printing section, and paper feeding section of the rotary printing press. Reference numeral 3 denotes a printing plate transport management section, which controls the layout of different surfaces of presses and the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a shipping and sorting management unit, which performs immediate address label printing control, shipping equipment control, and the like. Reference numeral 5 denotes a truck yard bundle integral management section, which performs loading control for each truck and gate. Reference numeral 6 denotes a paper storage management section, which performs control such as conveying the web from the storage to the paper storage and conveying the web to the paper feed section. Reference numeral 7 denotes a shipping material supply management section, which controls the supply of newspaper shipping materials. Reference numeral 8 is a materials and maintenance management department, which keeps records of the number of copies printed and performs maintenance management. Reference numeral 9 is the circulation control department, which handles sales store management, ie, circulation and transportation paperwork,
Perform sales paperwork.

In the illustration in FIG. 1, a master control station 13 corresponds to the production process control section 1.
Intelligent stations 14 to 19 are provided corresponding to the management units 2 to 7, and these stations are interconnected by a ring-shaped data highway network 10, as is known in the art. Frame information is circulated on the highway network 10, and information is transmitted between stations using the frame information.

Furthermore, production process management department 1 and material and maintenance management department 8
The highway network 10 mentioned above is between
A separate communication line 11 is provided. An independent bus 12 is also provided between the production process control section 1 and the copy number increase/decrease control section 9.

[Effect]

In FIG. 1, a production process management section 1 performs general control over other management sections, such as performing various presets on a rotary printing press management section 2. and,
Newspaper printing is started, and as the newspapers are printed, a counter stacker in the shipping and sorting management section 4 creates bundles of newspapers in the order of dispatch, address tags are attached to the bundles by an instant address attaching device, and the bundles are wrapped and tied. The collected newspaper bundles are guided to a truck gate, loaded on a truck in accordance with processing by the truck yard bundle integral management section 5, and delivered.

In addition, in response to the processing of the paper storage management section 6, the roll paper is conveyed from the storage to the paper storage, and the web is conveyed to the paper storage.
The web is fed to the paper feed section of the rotary printing press in response to the instructions from the operator. In other words, paper splicing is performed automatically,
Newspaper printing begins.

The materials and maintenance management department 8 records the number of copies printed and performs maintenance management.
Furthermore, in the configuration shown in Figure 1, the production process management department 1
receives the notification from the number of copies increase/decrease management section 9, and causes the above-mentioned increase/decrease in the number of copies to be reflected in the shipping/sorting management section 4, rotary printing machine management section 2, etc.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 2A, B, C, and D constitute one drawing as a whole, and are explanatory diagrams for explaining the mode of processing allocation in each management section shown in FIG. 1.
Reference numerals 1 to 9 in the figure correspond to those in FIG.
Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2, the processing performed by each of the management units 9 will be explained.

Processing in the production process control department 1 can be roughly divided into:
As shown in Figure 2, (1.1) In relation to the paper storage: Calculating the roll paper type (A, C, D) and the required number. Assigning the rolls to the paper feed section. Displaying the operating status (1.2) In relation to the rotary press. Assign the number of copies to be printed to each fold Perform surface assignment Perform various presets Print completion adjustment Display of operating status Maintenance record (1.3) Related to shipping sorting Assign the number of copies to each counter/stacker Shipping order processing (simulation) Shipping order Creating address data Post-deadline processing Displaying operating status Maintenance records Materials records (1.4) Related to trucks and gates Creating loading quantity data by gate and truck Displaying loading status Maintenance records (1.5) Related to printing plates Displaying operating status Maintenance record Various processes such as obsolescence processing are executed. Furthermore, to supplement "(1.2) related to rotary presses" above, (1.2.1) Production process management Print finish adjustment Manage the number of printed copies allocated to each name, plate, and folding machine, and ensure that the printing completion time is the same. This is done by moving the bundle so that the

Each work department will be equipped with a graphic display, and the operating status and work instructions will be displayed on a cathode ray tube.

(1.2.2) Data communication control The production process control section 1 manages data communication with the rotary printing press control section 2 and the like.

It is managed by a highway network 10 using fiber optics.

(1.2.3) Management of various presets By inputting imposition and paper threading patterns, ink, water, compensator,
Preset tension etc.

Record preset settings and preset out maintenance information.

The following processing is performed.

Also, to add to the above ``(1.5) Related to printing plates'', (1.5.1) Imposition input conveys the printing plate to the relevant press and gives instructions to the printing plate loading/unloading robot.

(1.5.2) Provide instructions to equipment that collects unused printing plates.

The following processing is performed.

The processing in the rotary printing press management section 2 can be roughly divided into the following as shown in Figure 2: (2.1) Related to the folding section: Presetting of the nipping roll, drag, lead, and cut-off roll Automatic paper threading Paper inspection (2.2) ) Related to the printing section Presetting of ink, water, and compensator rolls Cleaning Automatic loading and unloading of printing plates (robot) (2.3) Related to the paper feeding section Presetting of sidelays, three-pronged, and infeed tensions Remove the paper core, Processing of the web device and the like is performed. Furthermore, (2.1) above,
To add more information regarding (2.2) and (2.3), (2.1.1) Folding section Presetting the nipping roll Presetting the drag pull rate Presetting the cutoff roll Automatic paper threading One-copy inspection paper take-out device (2.2.1) Printing department Ink presetting Dampener presetting Compensator roll presetting Plate loading and plate removal work using the automatic printing plate loading/unloading device (robot), and automatic plate transport using the same transport carrier Waste plate processing, ink cylinder cleaning using the cleaning robot Cleaning Cleaning of paper guide rolls, tambours, etc. by robot (2.3.1) Paper feed section Side tray preset Three-prong preset Infeed tension preset Automatic roll paper processing Paper core processing Processes such as processing of remaining paper rolls are performed. The processing in the plate transport management section 3 is as follows: (3.1) Receive press-specific layout information from the production process management section 1.

(3.2) Based on the media, plate, and page input, the PS plate is transported to the designated press by the printing plate transport carrier.

Processes such as these are executed. Furthermore, the imposition information of each set cylinder is transmitted from the production process control section 1 to a computer (about the size of a microcomputer) of the plate conveyance control section 3 (plate conveyance information). A printing plate made based on this information is transported to a predetermined printing section by a transport carrier. Plate transport management department 3 goes to the plate loading/unloading robot.
Processes such as notifying the mounting position are performed.
In addition, the production process control computer notifies the printing plate loading/unloading robot of the plate scrapping instruction, and the printing plate is removed from the cylinder by the robot and transported to the final plate stocker. The stocker is transported from the printing floor to the scrapyard by a conveyor.

The processing in the shipping sorting management section 4 is broadly divided into (4.1) Immediate address tag printing attachment control, making the counter stacker create a bundle via the immediate address tag printing attachment device, address paper editing processing, and (4.2) shipping equipment control. Ru. To add more information regarding the processing in (4.1) and (4.2) above, (4.1.1) Configuration of shipping equipment Counter stacker (with second sorting device) Counter stacker Underlay device Address tag printing attachment device Small bundle stacker Large bundle plastic wrapping machine Small bundle plastic wrapping machine Cross binding machine Small bundle cross binding machine Eight folding device (address printing attached) Stand carrier and back up carrier Stack conveyor and bundle conveyor Other waiting equipment, transer, etc. (4.2 .1) Shipping sorting control Immediately prints address tags on the bundles created by the counter stacker and attaches them to the corresponding bundles.

The instant address tag printing attachment device and the eight-fold instant address tag printing attachment device have a built-in character font, and the address printing information is stored in information such as character codes, character arrangement data, font size, track gate code, etc. 512 bytes less data)
You can print address tags with . This printing machine is a maintenance-free device that receives transfer data (number of copies in a bundle, address printing information), has a counter sticker create a bundle, and prints and attaches address tags.

Since it is an instant address tag printing attachment method, a backup carrier is provided so that backup can be performed in the event of a downtime, and the system is configured to automatically switch over and continue making bundles.

Address tags can be printed instantly, making it easy to create a bundle of courses in case of an emergency.

Easy to set and move.

Adjustments to printing completion can also be handled by moving address tags.

The created bundle can be processed from one copy and can be folded into four or eight parts.

Address editing processing is performed by the shipping and sorting management section 4 and stored in the image master.

The truck yard bundle integral management section 5 receives data on the number of loaded pieces (by medium, plate, and course) by gate from the production process control section 1.

(5.2) By reading the driver's card, the truck number is designated and the production process control department 1 is instructed to create a bundle.

(5.3) A laser scanner reads the gate numbers of the bundles transported to the loading area, and the bundles are placed on trays and stacked at the designated gates.

(5.4) Prioritize and distribute round packages to each truck.

(5.5) Unarrived truck bundles are kept waiting in a pool tray, and upon arrival, the gate number is read again and loaded.

Execute processing such as The truck yard bundle integral management section 5 includes: (1) Laser scanner (2) Tray conveyor, tray transfer conveyor (3) Truck loader (4) Storage conveyor (5) Integral control device (built-in computer) (6) Operator console desk (7) Loading status display device (LED) (8) Truck No. Card input device (9) Key input device (10) Controls the operating status monitoring device, etc. Then, to explain in detail about truck loading, bundle loading data by gate (by medium, plate, and course) is received from the production process control department 1, and based on this data, the bundles transported from the shipping and sorting area are loaded. Control takes place.

By reading the driver's card, the truck number is designated, and an instruction to create a bundle is given to the production process control department 1.

A laser scanner is used to transport the bundles to the loading area, read the gate numbers of the bundles, place them on trays, and stack them at designated gates.

Round packages are prioritized and distributed to each truck.

Unarrived truck bundles are kept on standby in a pool tray, and upon arrival, the gate number is read again and the trucks are loaded onto the trucks.

Bundles that are poorly read can be loaded at a designated gate by pressing a key.

The management information is notified to the production process management department 1.

In the paper storage management section 6, (6.1) transports the web from the storage to the paper storage (6.2) peels off the wamp, prepares the paster, and transports the wamp (6.3) transports the web to the paper feed section using an electric trolley (6.4) transfers it to the traverser Controls such as moving the roll paper (6.5), transporting the paper tube to the paper tube storage area (6.6), and processing of remaining paper are performed. A supplementary description of the control operations in the paper storage management section 6 is as follows.

The production process control section 1 sends the required number of sheets and size (A, C, D) information to the paper storage control section 6 (these are calculated based on the set page, number of copies, and used set side layout information). Since the printing and operation schedule is set several days in advance, the number of rolls of paper to be transported from the storage to the paper warehouse is known.

Information on roll paper consumption is notified to the production process control section 1, and the paper stock management section 6 is notified of the quantity of roll paper to be delivered for material management and the next day.

The paper rolls transported from the storage to the paper warehouse (pester preparation floor) are subjected to wamp removal and paste preparation (including gluing), and then transported to the paper feed section of the rotary press.

In the materials and maintenance management section 8, processes such as printing number record, bundle sorting record, loading record, rotary press material management, shipping material management, and maintenance management-part replacement timing determination are performed. The details of the materials and the processing in the maintenance management department 8 are as follows. That is, (8.1) Materials and maintenance management (8.1.1) Rotary press related (1) Collect the operating information of the rotary press, update the parts list file, and output the maintenance information to the display or list.

(2) Outputs the remaining life of consumable parts in the folding section, printing section, and paper feeding section in terms of the number of remaining copies to be printed, number of operations, and time.

(3) Output a parts list for each remaining life.

(4) Register the parts used for maintenance and update the parts list file.

(8.1.2) Data received from the rotary press (1) Main rotation speed (2) Start and stop signals (3) Brush roller rotation speed (4) Dampening water PH (5) Pester operation signal (6) Slitter ON /OFF signal (8.1.3) Parts to be maintained (1) Bunk bucket (2) Ink form roller (3) Ink distributor roller (4) Ink transfer roller (5) Ink pen roller (6) Dampening roller (7) ) Brush (8) Ink filter (9) Oil filter (10) Grease pump (11) Pester brush (12) Brush roll (13) PH (14) Clutch (15) Lubrication oil (16) Circulator filter ( 17) Dust collector filter (18) Shear key (19) Slitter (20) Brake disc (21) Cutting knife (22) Cutting rubber (23) Folding pin (24) Folding blade (8.1.4) Maintenance Processing related to target parts (1) When maintenance is performed according to maintenance information, the work item (inspection, replacement, etc.)
This resets the maintenance information output. When a replacement is input, the inventory amount is subtracted from the inventory parts file.

(2) Inventory quantity When the inventory quantity in the parts list file becomes less than the parts order point, print out the order form slip on the printer.

(3) When parts are received, enter the part number and quantity in stock and update the inventory parts list file.

(4) Detect abnormalities (based on temperature) in bearings.

(5) Detect noise and vibration.

(8.1.5) Paper management Record paster waste, paster success, failure, number of rolls used by size, etc.
You can print out by month or day.

(8.1.6) Parts management Record the rotational speed of the cylinder, display and print out information such as the replacement period for rotary press consumables (e.g. blankets), stock status of spare parts, maintenance dates, etc.
Give a warning.

(8.2) Regarding production management (8.2.1) Record of number of printed copies Operation record of number of printed copies (production record) for each folding machine and graphic display (8.2.2) Record of bundle sorting performance Record of operation of counters, stackers, and other equipment Performance record and graphic display (8.2.3) Loading performance record Operation performance record and graphic display for each device such as laser scanner (8.2.4) Display display of process obstruction performance (8.2.5) Personnel (counters, stackers, rotary presses, etc.) Processes such as displaying separate inhibition results (8.2.6), printing out recorded data (8.2.7), and graphically displaying production results are performed.

The number of copies increase/decrease management section 9 performs (9.1) store management - number of copies, transportation, (9.2) sales administrative processing, etc., and notifies the production process control section 1 of information on the number of copies sold on a daily or hourly basis.

FIG. 3 shows an example system configuration that embodies the configuration shown in FIG. 1. Reference numerals 1 to 10 in the figure correspond to those in FIG. In addition, in the figure
MST is the master station, CST is the control station, and IST is the intelligent station.
stands for station, CPU is processor, intelligent I/O is intelligent input/output control device, MPU is microprocessor, APT is address tag printing attachment device, CS is counter/sticker,
DISK stands for disk memory.

In the figure, a production process management department 1 is linked to each management department 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 by an optical data highway network 10, and a production process management department 9 and a material and The above-mentioned highway network 1 is connected to the maintenance management department 8, respectively.
It is connected to 0 by a separate root.

As a supplementary note, the microprocessor MPU in the rotary printing press management section 2 performs control corresponding to the folding section, printing section, and paper feeding section of the rotary printing press.
Microprocessor in plate transport management section 3
The MPU performs film scanner control and printing plate transport control. Processor in paper storage management section 6
The CPU performs roll paper preparation processing and roll paper conveyance control. The microprocessor MPU in the shipping material supply management section 7 works as a shipping material supply device.

Further, within the shipping and sorting management section 4, a minor loop data highway is configured to control each address tag printing attachment device APT.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the configuration of a rotary printing press section controlled by a rotary printing press management section. The reference numeral 20 in the figure indicates a rotary printing press, and 4
There are four paper feeding units 21 that feed paper to each printing machine, and there is a folding unit 22 at the left and right center in the figure.
There are two printing units 22, 23, 23, and 23 on the left and right sides of the folding unit 22, respectively.

As will be described later, under the control of the paper storage management section 6, the roll paper 25, which has been subjected to paste preparation, is conveyed to the paper feed section 21 by a flowbearer or an electric trolley 24 (center lower end in FIG. 4). The paper is then replenished into the paper feed section at the location shown as the "side tray trident" shown in FIG. Paper is sent from a paper feed section 21 to each printing section 23, and the printed newspaper is led to a folding section 22 and folded.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a roll storage and a roll preparation floor in the paper storage controlled by the paper storage management section. Code 21 in the figure
corresponds to the paper feed section 21 in the rotary press shown in FIG. Reference numeral 26 denotes a paper roll preparation floor, where the paper rolls are peeled and pasted for automatic splicing, and the paper rolls are fed to the paper feed section 21 as shown in FIG. The resulting web waste core consumed in the rotary printing press is then returned to the web preparation floor. Reference numeral 27 is a paper roll storage, in which paper rolls are stored. Then, the web from which the wamp has been removed as necessary is supplied to the web preparation floor by a slat conveyor.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of printing plate transport controlled by a printing plate transport management section. Reference numerals 23-1 to 23-6 in the figure correspond to the printing units 23 (only four are shown in FIG. 4) shown in FIG.
2 corresponds to the folding section 22 (only one is shown in FIG. 4) shown in FIG. The printing plates created by the plate making machines 28-1 and 28-2 shown in FIG. . It is guided to a predetermined printing section 23-, and then applied to the printing section by a printing robot 29. On the other hand, the so-called discarded editions that are no longer needed are placed on the conveyor route indicated by the dotted line in the diagram.
The paper is guided to a waste plate processing plant 30 and processed.

Although detailed drawings are omitted, in the shipping and sorting management section 4, as shown in FIG.
Accordingly, a printing instruction is issued to a plurality of address tag printing attachment devices via the minor loop data highway. Corresponding to the address tag printing process, a predetermined number of copies are counted by a counter stacker to form a bundle, the printed address tags are attached, and the control of the truck/yard bundle integral management section 5 is performed. It will be moved below.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to complete, so to speak, complete automation of a newspaper printing system. There is a data highway that circulates through each management department, which is overseen by the production process management department.
In a newspaper printing system with a network of about 1 km, it is possible to provide intelligence to each management department and efficiently execute processing in each department. In addition, in order to respond to changes in the number of copies sold, instead of relying on address tags printed in the offline process that was used in the past, we have decided to deal with changes in sales through online processing. It is possible to respond in real time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the mode of processing allocation in each management section shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment embodying the configuration shown in FIG. 1. Example system configuration, FIG. 4 shows an example configuration of a rotary printing press section controlled by a rotary printing press management section, and FIG. FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the printing plate transport controlled by the printing plate transport management section. In the figure, 1 is the production process management department, 2 is the rotary printing press management department, 3 is the printing plate conveyance management department, 4 is the shipping and sorting management department, 5 is the truck yard bundle integration management department, 6 is the paper storage management department, 7 is a shipping material supply management department, 8 is a materials and maintenance management department, 9 is a copy quantity change management department, 10 is a data highway network, 11 is a communication line, 12 is a bus, 13 is a master control
Stations 14 to 19 represent intelligent stations.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 In a newspaper printing system that prints newspapers using a rotary press, it is equipped with a rotary press management department, a shipping sorting management department, a printing plate conveyance management department, a paper storage management department, a shipping material supply management department, and a truck yard bundle integration department. It is equipped with at least one management department and a production process control department that centrally manages each of the above management departments, and a ring-shaped data highway network with stations that can be created corresponding to each of the above management departments. At the same time, the circulation control department related to newspaper sales administrative processing is linked with the production process control department through a line separated from the data highway network, and each of the above management departments is equipped with either a processor or an intelligent input/output control device, each management department executes processing while communicating with each other, and the production process management department centrally manages the processing in the other management departments. A production process management system for newspaper printing characterized by being configured as follows.